Everynight Life: Culture and Dance in Latin/o America

Book Overview

The function of dance in Latin/o American culture is the focus of the essays collected in Everynight Life. The contributors interpret how Latin/o culture expresses itself through dance, approaching the material from the varying perspectives of literary, cultural, dance, performance, queer, and feminist studies. Viewing dance as privileged sites of identity formation and cultural resistance in Latin/o America, Everynight Life translates...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822319195
• ISBN13: 9780822319191
• Release Date: June 1997
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"